gengo

There are changes afoot at Gengo, the crowdsourced translation service based in Tokyo, Japan, which just announced its $5.4 million Series C round and a change of leadership. Matthew Romaine, previously CTO, is replacing fellow co-founder Robert Laing as CEO of the startup. Read More

Gengo, an increasingly popular online translation service that uses a network of more than 7,500 pre-screened and rated translators to provide high-quality translations in 33 languages, announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, with participation from Iris Capital, Infocomm, NTT-IP and Saudi Telecom Ventures, as well as returning… Read More

YouTube just announced that it has partnered with Gengo and Translated.net, two popular translation services, to give its users a more streamlined process to get their video captions translated by professionals. Publishers can start the translation process from the YouTube interface, get estimates for how long the translation will take and how much it will cost, but they will still need to… Read More